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Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018

The vacation rental-home marketing company Airbnb is opening its ‘Open Homes’ program Tuesday, encouraging its property hosts in Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Central Florida to take in Panhandle evacuees from Hurricane Michael at no charge. The program, which Airbnb has run in past hurricanes including Harvey, Irma, and Maria last year, provides the vacation rental homes […]

Scott PowersOctober 9, 2018

Potential voters will get an extra day to register to vote in any counties forced to close their Supervisor of Elections offices today due to Hurricane Michael. Late Monday night Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner issued an order extending Tuesday’s deadline for written voter registrations if county supervisor of elections decide to close down […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 9, 2018

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It took less than a day for Hurricane Michael to make partisan sparks fly. Democratic candidate for Governor Andrew Gillum took to Twitter Monday evening to respond to vague criticisms offered by President Donald Trump earlier in the day at a stop in Orlando. “Don’t come to my state and talk trash about my city while we […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2018

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis isn’t leaving the campaign trail despite Hurricane Michael approaching the Panhandle. However, he will be using his upcoming events on the peninsula to marshal supplies from supporters for the storm-impacted, as the barometer drops and the October Surprise of this campaign becomes ever more imminent. At events in Tampa on Tuesday, as […]

Joe HendersonOctober 9, 2018

When you see Governor Rick Scott put on the Navy ballcap, stuff’s about to get real. It has become his trademark look when taking the lead role as warner-in-chief during past Florida hurricanes, and we can expect more of the same in the coming days as Hurricane Michael takes aim on the Panhandle. With this […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 8, 2018

Florida’s Democrat U.A. Sen. Bill Nelson made his rounds across the Panhandle and Big Bend regions as a potentially catastrophic storm approaches the areas, expressing optimism in federal relief and shying away from politics, just like his Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott. Speaking with reporters on Monday in Tallahassee after being briefed by emergency officials, Nelson said […]

Staff ReportsOctober 8, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state offices closed in the 35 counties covered by his emergency declaration for Hurricane Michael. The office closure was to run from Tuesday through Thursday. Scott announced the move Monday, via his Twitter feed. Also on Monday, Scott asked President Donald Trump to declare a federal pre-landfall state of emergency. That […]

Staff ReportsOctober 8, 2018

Gulf Power Co.’s annual Economic Symposium is off pending further notice, as the utility company began bracing for Hurricane Michael and urging its customers to do the same. “Right now, all of our focus must be on this storm,” company spokesman Gordon Paulus said Monday in a written statement. “Postponing the symposium is the right thing to […]

Tag: Hurricane Michael

Airbnb activates ‘open homes’ program to assist hurricane evacuees

Counties closing elections offices for hurricane get voter registration extension

‘Don’t come to my state and talk trash about my city’: Andrew Gillum pushes back against Donald Trump

Bring hurricane relief items to campaign stops, Ron DeSantis asks

Joe Henderson: With Hurricane Michael bearing down, state leaders must excel

Impending hurricane brings Bill Nelson to Tallahassee

Rick Scott closes state offices in 35 counties as Hurricane Michael draws near

Gulf Power ramps up for Hurricane Michael, stalls economic summit